Category Music
Dragons Live Forever…
…But not so little boys. I was talking with Paul when Peter and Mary walked in. We broke off our conversation so I could be introduced, then returned to talking about Bob Dylan and Jesus. That was the only time I met Peter Yarrow who died January 7at age 86. It was just a hello, […]
Welcome To The Planet
A photo essay today. I saw Switchfoot in concert Friday night, and once again was struck by their message of hope in a chaotic word, and the sheer joy they seem to have in performing. I don’t remember the first time I saw them in concert, I think it was shortly after they released their […]
How To Win Fans
Times have changed. No longer can visiting musicians woo Canadians by praising the Prime Minister. That is so 2015. Maybe the Rolling Stones are just out of touch with Canadian society. No shame in that, given that they don’t live here. And I guess the fans don’t care who the band likes. But I’ll bet […]
A U2 Flashback
On Fridays this year I have been reposting material rom the early days of this blog to fit whatever day it is. This one, for example, is from June 14, 2017, but was written several years before that. My friend Bruce, who first published this, died while I was living in Germany. I never got […]
Chasing The Sunrise
Some songs are earworms. They get into your head and inhabit your brain, whether you want them to or not That happened to me decades ago with a song that I never did hear in its entirety. It was by the Canadian band Refugee and the song is called “Sunrise in Zimbabwe.” As I remember […]
Definitely Not A Hit
Many years ago I hosted a daily noon-hour request show at Ottawa’s CHRI-FM. I had mixed feelings about it. The plus was the interaction with the audience. Radio is a solitary occupation, and those who called in with requests were a reminder that there was an audience out there, that the songs I was playing weren’t […]
I Surrender
Remembrance Day is past (though I have one more post to go). Thanksgiving is over too, at least in Canada. Which is why it seems in every store I enter I am hearing Christmas music. I’d complain, but I appear to be a Grinch-like minority. I guess I can live with it for the next […]
The Last Single
If you are a music fan you’ve probably heard the song by now. The final Beatles single was released earlier today. The tune is pleasant enough, but I’m struggling with the band label attached to it. Just because each member of the Fab Four played on it doesn’t make it a Beatles tune to me. […]
Say It Ain’t So
The evidence, including a birth certificate looks pretty conclusive. Buffy Saint-Marie, indigenous Canadian icon, is apparently no more indigenous than I am. For six decades she has been a well-known singer-songwriter, winner of multiple awards, and supposedly she’s not who she says she is. I must admit, I am a little surprised. At the same […]
Legendary
The first tine I heard a Robert Charlebois record I really wasn’t sure what he was singing about. Even with the lyrics in front of me It was 1968 and I was in a high school French class. The teacher thought we should hear and study this new music. It was in French, and then […]
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